The Poop Diaries

Warning to non-parents: this is about poop.

Jo kept notes for the first couple of weeks on Vivian's poops when she was a new born. Time and date, color, consistency, amount - that sort of a thing. We obviously did no such thing for Evan. Similarly, Evan's potty training has been generally overlooked. Last year in March during our second visit to Goa he hopped up on the potty one morning and took care of it by himself, a practice he continued till we landed in Hawaii a month and a half later. Then he regressed. And progressively stonewalled. Up till a couple of weeks ago when he wasn't pooping for up to five days at a time. He'd be ecstatic on the first day following a poop, somewhat happy on the second, meh the third, antsy on the fourth, and like a crack addict on the fifth - even when he was not be able to contain himself literally. He hated sitting on the potty and cried miserably.

I'm happy and proud to note that Evan's more or less broken the poop stigma. He's been in big boy underwear for the last week. He's going to school and taking his afternoon nap in the same. And he's slowly but surely overcoming his attachment to his own poop. Just when I thought it was time to bring in a poop shrink.

Peyton & Devyn

The other day I finally imported the iPhoto album from my old Mac book to my current one. It took me almost four years to get around to it. But now I suddenly have six thousand old photographs that are new again. Here are three pictures of Peyton and Devyn from our wedding. Vivian and Evan will have trouble recognizing them. They saw Peyton in India about 16 months ago and Devyn looks like cousin Ava. The girls are almost teens now.

Goons

Do you have a dirty job? Someone late on their payments again or a troublesome fire pit that needs to be given the mud treatment? Don't be fooled by their looks - they are all business. This could be far more lucrative than the lemonade stall. Though that is a solid front.

Vivian Style

Vivian is really loving her red cowboy boots. Here are a couple of shots from Saturday. In the second she's accessorized her pajamas for an early morning jaunt.